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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: Yes, €100,000 is reported to have been spent on rebranding. That should be put on the invitation. It is one of the issues I would like to know about. I hope I am not told that all the vans, trucks, helmets and so on have to be sprayed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: No. Uisce Éireann is already on the logo. I welcome the fact that it is an Irish name. It has been there from the start. It could have been called that from the start. Now we are told that a company is being paid that kind of money to do the rebranding. That is absolutely bananas and nuts. Anyone in the corridor or in the street would say it should just be done. Uisce...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Dillon recently asked for Inland Fisheries Ireland to come before the committee. It is a somewhat depressing matter. I ask members to take that into consideration. If we invite Irish Water, that would mean putting either NAMA or Inland Fisheries Ireland off until the autumn. Perhaps the NAMA report could wait until one of the first sessions in September..

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: It is in the hands of the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: I will bring in the Comptroller and Auditor General on that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: When will the financial statements come?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: Do members wish to go ahead with IFI? There seems to be a little bit of doubt.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: My sense would be that we should meet IFI before the summer and hold off on NAMA until the autumn. Are members happy with that? Agreed. I am mindful that Deputy Dillon raised it a few times. Other suggestions include meeting the Department of Transport about chapter 18 of the Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2021 with respect to motor tax receipts, meeting the Irish...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: RTÉ is not directly accountable to us because it is a semi-State commercial company. However, we have asked. If it wants to refuse, it can refuse. In fairness it has not refused in the past. A new CEO is in place. I heard something this week about it, but I cannot remember the name.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: That is it. We wish him well in the job. We can certainly put a meeting with him on the work programme. There is an immediate issue. I have a view on it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: We can put a meeting with him on the work programme. If the Deputy wants to address any issue with him through correspondence for clarification, that can also be done. It is the free-to-air argument around sports. Its parent Department is coming before the committee so we could invite a representative of RTÉ on the same day.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy is happy enough with that. We have met with them about finance, governance, self-employment and so on. Some headway has been made with all of that, but if we need to invite them again on those or related matters, I certainly would be up for it. The last item on the agenda is any other business. Do any members wish to raise any other matter before we move briefly into private...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (9 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide assurances that the N80 Mountmellick bypass will be prioritised for funding in any review and included in the next phase of the national development plan. [21309/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (9 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will raise with his senior officials and Transport Infrastructure Ireland the critical situation with the Mountmellick road N80 in Portlaoise town, which needs cycles lanes, three roundabouts and road safety measures, as identified by an expert group and Laois County Council. [21310/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (9 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: 642. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to improve the capacity for genetic testing to identify rare diseases. [21673/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: I welcome everyone to the meeting. If attending the meeting from within the committee room, members and witnesses are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. Members of the committee attending remotely must do so from within the precincts of the Parliament. This is due to the constitutional requirement that, to...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: Mr. Gleeson will understand that as a committee-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: -----we have to wade through a lot of material, and it is important that we get it in time in order that we can prepare properly. I thank him for the explanation. I will now bring in the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, for his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: I ask the Deputy to be brief. There will be a second round of questions.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: Thanks, Deputy. We will get you back in later on.